LISTEN: Best Ride editor-in-chief talks with AAA's The Car Doctor

Craig Fitzgerald, the editor-in-chief of Best Ride and the host of the Best Ride podcast, provides listeners with a review of Mazda’s newest car and he talks with AAA’s The Car Doctor this week.

John Paul is AAA’s The Car Doctor. Paul talks with Fitzgerald about the special relationship people have with their cars, even if they don’t consider themselves a car person.

“If you are in a group, a room of 40 people, and you ask who has a name for their car, 20 hands go up. People have this weird intimate relationship with their car,” Paul said. “I’ve never met anyone with a name for their washing machine.”

Paul writes The Car Doctor column, which can be read on our sister newspaper’s website, projo.com and directly at aaa.com. He also does a radio call-in show on Saturday 8:30 to 10 a.m. on httpwrolradio.com

He also explained to Fitzgerald how the show and writing the column has changed over the years. He said he used to get calls from people who would hold their phones up to the car so he could listen to the noise it was making.

He also explained for his first radio show, he did not exactly think through his wardrobe choice.

“I put a suit on to do radio,” he laughing told Fitzgerald. He went on to say radio stations are very casual workplaces.

In addition to talking to Paul, Fitzgerald provides his opinion on the 2017 Mazda MX-5 RF -- the company’s redesigned convertible with a hardtop roof. Before developing his review, Fitzgerald was able to drive the car.

“I do get the idea of this car and I love the design,” Fitzgerald said. “This generation is a better car than the last generation.”

Fitzgerald also issued a warning for us all on hot summer days.

“You don’t want to leave anything in your car that you want to come back to,” he told listeners.

Listen to the full episode here.

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